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Oregon transit district buying 11 New Flyer electric buses and 7 ABB depot chargers

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The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges.

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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging

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The pilot program offers mobile charging for free to AAA members in San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Avon, Peabody and West Springfield, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bend and Portland, Oregon. Clean Fleet Report agrees completely.

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Rocsys robots help to make EV fleet charging more reliable

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Originally designed with autonomous vehicles in mind, Rocsys’s robotic charging arm has attracted interest from fleet operators. Netherlands-based Rocsys makes robotic devices that allow EVs to be charged without human intervention (see the feature in our January/February 2020 issue).

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Daimler electric trucks & buses log more than 7M customer kilometers

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The first practical applications of the Mercedes-Benz eEconic low-floor truck, which is based on the eActros, were announced in 2020 and are planned for next year. In the United States, the heavy-duty eCascadia and the medium-duty eM2 were premiered in Portland in June 2018. Series production is scheduled to start in 2021.

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Audi introducing V2I Traffic Light Information service in Europe

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From July, Audi will network new models with the traffic lights in Ingolstadt/Germany; further European cities will follow from 2020 onwards. This service is now available at more than 5,000 intersections in the US, for example in cities including Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Portland and Washington D.C.

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Ten Percent Electric Vehicles By 2020? No Sweat, Utility CEO Says

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Portland, Oregon wants to be a hub for electric vehicles and early electric-car adopters.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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Between 9 and 20 million electric car could be deployed by 2020, and between 40 and 70 million by 2025, according to estimates based on recent statement from carmakers. The IEA analysis shows that fleet procurement is an important means of encouraging early EV uptake.

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